Cava of Toledo: Or, The Gothic Princess. A Romance ...A. K. Newman and Company, 1812 |
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Abdalesis abode Aleanzar Alphonso Alvarez anxious appeared arms Asturias beautiful behold bosom brave brother carried castle Cava cavalier cavern charming Christians comfort cottage count Julian court cried Alonzo dark dear delight don Juan don Palayo door drawbridge dreadful duke of Biscay Egilone endeavour entered entreated eyes fate Favilla fear Fernando fortune Fulvia gallant galley Garcia gate gave give governor guard hand happy heard heart Heaven hope hour inhabited Ishmael Juan and Valasquez knew lady lasquez lence little troop live looked Lopez's mind Moors mountains Musa Musad neral never night noble old shepherd passed pillars poor prince princess remain render renegado rienced river Rodrigo round safety Saracen scarcely secret passage Seville shew SILAS WRIGHT soldiers soon soul Spain Spaniards stood sword tain Tariff thing thought told Toledo tower town Ursula wall wish wretched
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Page 78 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 18 - As smoke that rises from the kindling fires Is seen this moment, and the next expires: As empty clouds by rising winds are tost, Their fleeting forms scarce sooner found than lost : So vanishes our state, so pass our days, So life but opens now, and now decays : The cradle and the tomb, alas! so nigh; To live is scarce distinguish'd from to die.
Page 172 - The shining robes, rich jewels, beds of state, And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. She glares in balls, front boxes, and the ring, A vain, unquiet, glittering, wretched thing ! Pride, pomp, and state, but reach her outward part ; She sighs, and is no duchess at her heart.
Page 215 - He said. The crackling flames appear on high. And driving sparkles dance along the sky. With Vulcan's rage the rising winds conspire, And near our palace roll the flood of fire. 'Haste, my dear father, ('t is no time to wait,) And load my shoulders with a willing freight.